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Your goals are bad and you should feel bad.

One of the trends I'm seeing on Pinterest lately is bucket list boards. Exept I feel as if maybe a lot of the teenagers on Pinterest don't really understand the concept of a bucket list and what it means. Either that or some people are just that shallow.

Here are some of the pins I've found that make me want to throw the computer out the window and never look at the internet again.

Really? REALLY? Getting hair extensions is one of thing that you want to do before you die? I mean, if you want extensions that is cool and all... but I have a hard time believing that anyone would be on their death bed and feel as if their life was not fulfilling because they never had hair extensions.

Ok, so I have an iPhone. It's not that special. It makes me sad for humanity that a disposable consumer good is something that would find it's way to a bucket list.

 This one isn't quite as bad. Something from Tiffany & Co. could be passed on through the generations. But this one gets a spot here as another example of the consumerism filled bucket lists.

And my favorite. Own a 96 color eye shadow palette. SERIOUSLY? It's not good enough to have one with 12, 24, or 50 colors. Before you die you must have 96... inside of a single palette.

Teenagers of Pinterest. I encourage you to set bigger goals for your life. And to learn the difference between a wish list and a bucket list.  Think about having experiences rather than things. The happiness they give you lasts much, much longer.

As inspiration, here are some of the more redeeming bucket list pins I found.

Pizza can be cruel

I did something this evening that for many people would be cruel and unusual punishment. I ate half a pizza and then tried on all my bathing suits.

We are away in a couple months and I've been browsing online looking for new bathing suits. Victoria Secret has their swim sale on right now so I had a few tabs open on my iPad. I had just finished dinner (half a pizza) when I decided it was time for a shower. I picked up my iPad to check on something and remembered I wasn't sure what size bottoms I needed. I figured since I was getting ready to shower I would just try on the bathing suits I had and see how they currently fit and how many of them would be good for this trip.

Uhg. I hated it. I looked in the mirror and thought I should just wear a moo-moo for the whole week. It's funny because I've actually LOST weight since the last time we went away. So I really shouldn't have been down about it. I think it was the fact that I had just eaten half a pizza. (Not even a big pizza, one of those small Dr Oetker ones!)

So as I'm standing in the shower thinking about what I want to say in a blog post about the silly thing I had just done and how much I was hating myself at that moment, the hot water ran out. Instantly icy cold water shocked me back to reality.  And I laughed at myself because you know what-- I'm almost 30 and I'll wear whatever I goddam want to on the beach. And I'll drink. A lot. And I won't care because I'll be having too much fun. And I look good dammit.

If you need further reminder of how I feel on this matter, please go back to December and read this post.

Finish What You Start

I have to write about this so that it is public and I hold myself to it. I think I've mentioned before that I start a lot of things and never finish them.  There is one thing I need to make a serious attempt to finish. (Maybe not actually finish, but get closer to an end...) My eyeshadow collection.

As you can see, there is a lot of eyeshadow.  Since one of my goals for the next year is to finish paying off some debt, it would seem silly that I keep buying eyeshadow when I have all this good stuff to use up!  (And in case you were wondering, the depotted ones in the Book of Shadows are the Urban Decay Ammo Palette, a Stila Trio, The big beige one is Makeup For Ever, and the other 3 are Mac... sorry I can't remember colour names.)

So as another personal goal, I'm resolving to not purchase any new eyeshadow in 2013.*
This should give me ample opportunity to work towards using up some of what I have here in my collection.  It's a pretty decent, all good quality stash, and I can't for the life of me think of a time where my life will be over if I need to use a colour that isn't in here.

So friends, please hold me to this. I don't need more. And I don't need to spend any more money on this until I use up some of them.

*Unless Urban Decay finally releases a big all-matte palette. If that happens I reserve the right to purchase it as soon as possible.

Pineapple Party Dip

I made this dip for a party my parents recently had. I wish I could link you to the source of my inspiration, but for the life of me I can't find it anywhere. This taste REALLY good. We had it with various crackers but I imagine it also taste good as a veggie dip.

Ingredients:

• 1 8oz brick of cream cheese.
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 pineapple
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 yellow pepper, chopped
• Dash of salt
• "small bunch" of parsley, chopped
• About 60 pecans

1. Mix the cream cheese and sour cream together until blended.
2. Cut the top off your pineapple and set aside.
3. Take about an inch of your pinapple and put the rest away in the fridge. Cut up this piece into small pieces.  Mix into the cheese mixture, including juices.
4. Mix Chili powder, salt, yellow pepper, and parsley into the mixture.
5. Form into a roundish shape and place on a plate large enough to serve on.
6. Starting at the top, place pecan pieces over dip
7. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
8. Before serving, place pineapple top as garnish on side.

Julep NYE 2012 Mystery Box: Review

I'm a sucker for mystery boxes. Julep had an offer recently to get their New Years Eve mystery box, which promised to contain between $100 and $500 worth of product for $20.
Here is what I received:

1. Reusable tote bag (perfect size for carrying my lunch to work)
2. 5 polishes (more about those below) ($70 value)
3. 1 pot of nail glitter ($2 value since they sell a set of 3 for $6)
4. 3 samples of One-Step Polish Remover Pads
5. 2 samples of Glyncolic Hand Scrub
6. 1 full-size Age Defying Hand Brightener (Normally $32 but currently seems to be on sale for $6.)

So if we let the hand brightener be valued at $32, then it seems my mystery box has a value of approximately $104.  These prices are from the Julep website.  As a Canadian, the only other place I know to purchase Julep products is Sephora. And they charge $17 per polish. Which sort of increases the value of this box by another $15.

On to the polishes in more detail:

From left to right I have received:

Isla - looks like it is actually a pearly white colour. I think this is going to be really pretty and I plan to try it out later tonight.

Portia - a glitter that looks like various shades of white, silver, blues, and teals. Very pretty.

Hoch - a matte greeny colour. I've been saying for a while I need to get some green nail polish, especially with Pantone selecting emerald as the colour of the year for 2013.

Matte Top Coat - I think this excites me more then anything else in the box. I haven't been able to find one anywhere in stores and I don't typically purchase a lot of polish online so it's never made sense to just order one.

Unknown - I'm not sure what this polish is. It does not have the plastic seal around the cap, and the name sticker is missing from the bottom. It appears to be a glitter with flakes of gold, silver, copper, and black.  I think it may have missed its chance this year to get a lot of use. It looks like something I would want more for holiday parties. I'm a little disappointed by this one and wish I had another colour instead. I'm going to give this one away on r/randomactsofpolish.

Overall I'm happy with what I received in my Mystery Box and it was definitely worth the $20 I spent. However, I feel that with a marketing promise of $100-$500 worth of product it would have been nice to be SLIGHTLY a little more over the $100 mark. I would buy another mystery box from them but I don't think I would do it with as much excitement as I had waiting for this one to arrive.